Fishing-bait.



J. S. EVANS.

FISHING BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26. 1918.

1,300,149. Patented A r. 8,1919.

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JOHN SPENCER EVANS, 0F VICTORIAQBRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOB TO THE CANADIAN FISH HOOK MANUFACTURING CO., OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA,

CANADA.

FISHING-BAIT.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, JOHN SPENCER Evens, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Baits, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fishing baits, with more particular reference to artificial spoonbaits used in trolling for salmon and other kinds of fish and commonly ,known as the wabbler type of spoon, and the object of my invention is to provide a spoon so formed that the tendency to flop or spin common to other makes of spoons when traveling fast is elimlnated,

thereby allowing it to be operated at agreater speed without destroying its efliciency so that more fishing ground may be covered than is possible w1th the spoons in present use. A further object is to devise a spoon of this character having great luring capacity on account of the number of angular surfaces with which it is rovided and by means ofwhich increased ight refiection is obtained, thus enabling the'spoon to be seen at a great distance, the construe-- tion of the spoon to obtain the; angular surface further insuring great stiffness at the end so that the possibility of the spoon being twisted or deformed bythe pull of a very heavy fish is obviated.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of the complete bait;

Fig. 2 isa back view of the spoon.- Fig. 3 is an edge view of the spoon.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of I the spoon taken through the center line.

Similar figures of reference indicate simi-. lar parts throughout the several views.

1 indicates generally the spoon portion of the bait, to one end of which is connect ed by a ring 2 passed through a. hole 3 the hook 4,'while to its opposite end is connected a swivel 5 by means of which the spoon is attached to a trolling line.

The bait may be made of any size and material and may be used for any kind of fish.

The spoon is formed out of a flat piece of Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed September 26, 1918. Serial No. 255,836.

metal 6 rounded at both ends, the hook end.

7 being preferably of greatenwidth than the swivel end 8, and the edges of the end 7 areturned upwardly as at 9 and 10 so that this is substantially of spoon formation. .At apoint in the length of the plate 6 nearer to the end 7 than the end 8 it is preferably of greater width than the end 7 so that the edges of the plate taper inwardly toward their respective rounded ends, although this construction need not necessarily be adhered to,

Adjacent the swivel end 8 the surface of the plate on oneside of its longitudinal center line is raised by forming a depression in' the other side so that an upstanding diamond shaped portion 11 is formed on its upper face, this construction providing eight different inclined surfaces giving eight distinct reflections of light, four ofthese an gles being formed by the upstanding faces formed as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 so that upstanding angular light-reflecting surfaces 20 and 21 are provided, as shown in Fig. 1', forming with the sides V-shaped pockets 22 and 23, the underside of these surfaces also forming light-reflecting sur faces 24 and 25, or four light-reflecting inclined surfaces in addition to those formed by the diamond 11, so that the spoon is provided altogether with twelve different inclined faces giving twelve distinct reflections of light in different directions in addition to that of the polished plate itself and thus a maximum of light reflection is obtained which, in addition to the elimination of the tendency to flop and turn over, insures that the highest efficiency will result from the use of the hook. What I'claim as my invention is 1. A fishingbait formed out of a flat metal plate dishedat its rear end and em bossed whereby a raised portion substantially triangular in shape is formed on the plate surface within the dished portion.

2. A fishing bait formed out of a fiat metal plate dished at its rear end and embossed whereby a raised portion substantially'triang ulanin shape is formed on the plate surface within the dished portion, sald plate being also embossed adjacent its forward end whereby a raised ortion is formed on the surface substantial y diamond shaped.

3. A fishing bait formed out of a flat metal plate dished at its rear end and raised within the dished ortion out of the plane of the body wherdby a plurallty of faces each capable of reflecting light in dlflerent directions is formed on each side of the body. 1

4. A fishing bait formed out of a flat metal platedished at its rear end and raised within the dished portion and also at a point in its flat forward ortion adjacent the end thereof out of t e plane of the body whereby a plurality of faces each capable of reflecting light in different directions is formed on each side of the body.

5. A fishin bait formed out of a fiat metal plate t e end portions of which are of less width than its intermediate portion, its rear end bein of greater width than its forward end an havlng its edges dished, the dished edges extending from the point of greatest width of the plate and a portion of the plate surface between the dished edges being raised out of the plane of the body so that forwardly converging lightreflecting surfaces are formed, the sand plate having a raised diamond shaped portion adjacent its forward end.

Dated at Victoria, B. C. this 13th day of Sept. 1918.

JOHN SPENCER EVANS. 

